Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vol. 1: Old Time Radio Shows

Hollywood's beloved song and dance man, Dick Powell, turned gumshoe in this 1945-era detective yarn. At once a tough-talking detective working with police to solve tough murder cases and yet an affable crooner who ended nearly every episode singing to his girlfriend in his rich baritone voice. Whether murder or music, Dick Powell beguiled radio audiences through 100+ episodes before the show moved to television and the role was eventually taken over by David Janssen, later the star of The Fugitive.

Timothy R Hall says:"Here...the old stuff is better than the new stuff!"

Gunsmoke, Vol. 2

Radio westerns were strictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke, and they made it the number one western on the radio.

Publisher's Summary

Hoppy helps a doctor tend to a cowboy who's been shot in the midst of warfare between two rival gangs.